Cultural and historical aspect of greek-latin medical terminology

The purpose of the article is to highlight the problem related to the cultural and historical aspect of Greek-Latin medical terminology in the learning process, the purpose of which is to form terminological literacy among students of a medical university. This problem is directly related to the peculiarities of the language of medicine, as well as to the understanding of the relationship between the "term↔object". Material and methods. Taking into account the fact that medical terms represent a lexical symbiosis of ancient Greek and Latin languages, the use of etymological analysis of terms has led to a cultural and historical approach in choosing and working with sources of different times, the authors of which relate mainly to ancient Greek, European and Russian cultures. Discussion. The article outlines the features of the language of medicine, the structural unit of which is the term as a means of judgment, beginning with the name of the object (according to Aristotle). The peculiarity of the language of medicine is the fact that the lexical Greek-Latin resource is not replenished with new words, since the cultures that used these languages have disappeared from the historical scene, and the speakers of these languages have left their legacy in the form of treatises and other written monuments. In addition, a lexical resource also preserved in the corresponding dictionaries (Ancient Greek-Russian, Latin-Russian), where the meanings of the etymons of medical terms are presented with an indication of the authors who used them, the lexical resource is preserved in the relevant dictionaries (Ancient Greek-Russian, Latin-Russian). In other words, the appearance of new words in these ancient languages is impossible, therefore it is necessary to instill in students respect for the heritage of past cultures and, accordingly, for respect for Russian culture represented by carriers of medical knowledge (M.V. Lomonosov, M.Ya. Mudrov, N.I. Pirogov, V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky (St. Archbishop Luke of Simferopol and Crimean), N.V. Sklifosovsky, S.P. Botkin, etc.). Conclusion. The article actualizes the cultural and historical aspect of some terms, which is an analysis of the content of the etymons of terms, explaining the reasons for the terminologization of words in common ancient Greek and Latin languages and justifying their transition into the language of medicine. Taking into account the cultural and historical aspect in teaching medical terminology contributes to the development of motivation for further study at the university and corresponds to the propaedeutic role of the discipline "Fundamentals of medical Terminology" in the process of medical education.